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Presentation by Ron Z. Goetzel, Ph.D.

• Return on Investment for Primary Prevention: Measuring & Demonstrating Real Cost Savings
  Providence Health and Services Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska – April 25, 2008
  • Download Dr. Goetzel's PowerPoint Presentation

Chronicles

• Volume 2, Issue 1: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Anchorage School District Students, 1998-2008
• Volume 1, Issue 4: Food Insecurity
• Volume 1, Issue 3: Medicaid Disease Management
• Volume 1, Issue 2: Alaska Worksite Health Collaboration
• Volume 1, Issue 1: Living Well Alaska

Health Matters

• Volume 1, Issue 4: May 2008
• Volume 1, Issue 3: March 2008
• Volume 1, Issue 2: November 2007
• Volume 1, Issue 1: August 2007

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Topic-specific Publications

Arthritis

• Alaska Arthritis and Osteoporosis Plan — June 2002

• Arthritis in Alaska Fact Sheet

• Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Survey - 2002/2003 Annual Report

• Arthritis in Alaska 2003: A Report on the Burden of Arthritis

• Alaska Arthritis and Osteoporosis Plan

Cancer Prevention and Control

• Epidemiology Bulletins associated with Cancer

• Cancer Control and Prevention: 2009 Overview and Highlights
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• Cancer in Alaska — 1996
• Cancer in Alaska — 1997

• Cancer in Alaska — 1998

• Incidence Rates by Diagnosis Year

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• Incidence Rates by Diagnosis Year and Race

• Incidence Rates by Diagnosis Year and Race and Sex

• Incidence Rates by Diagnosis Year and Sex

Diabetes Prevention and Control

• Epidemiology Bulletins associated with Diabetes

• Alaska's Diabetes Burden

• Estimating the Cost Burden of Diabetes for Alaska in 2002

• Diabetes Prevalence and Trend Tables

• 2006 Recommendations for the Management of Diabetes Type 2 in Adults

• State of Alaska Diabetes Control Plan

• 2004 Recommendations for the Management of Diabetes Type 2 in Adults

• Healthy Alaskan 2010, Volume I, Chapter 23: Diabetes

Health Survey Lab

• Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Publications

Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention

• Epidemiology Bulletins associated with Cardiovascular Disease

• Take Heart Alaska

• The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Alaska : Mortality, Hospitalization and Risk Factors

Obesity Prevention and Control

• Epidemiology Bulletins associated with Obesity

• Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Alaska (2010)
• Obesity Prevention and Control Program, 2009 Status Report
• Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Alaska, Summary Report (2009)
• Childhood Obesity in Alaska (2009)
• Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among Anchorage School District Students, 1998-2008  (2009)
• Reversing Alaska's Childhood Obesity Trend: A Comprehensive Initiaitve (2009)
• Childhood Obesity in Alaska

• Physical Activity and Nutrition: A Training Manual for Parents, Teachers and Food Service Staff

• Alaska in Action: Statewide Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan

• Statewide Efforts to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Policies, Programs, and Environmental Supports for Physical Activity and Risk Reduction

• Prevalence of Overweight Among Anchorage Children:
  A Study of Anchorage School District Data: 1998-2003

• The Burden of Overweight & Obesity in Alaska

School Health

• Epidemiology Bulletins associated with Youth Risk Behavior

• School Wellness Toolkit

• Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Publications

• Alaska Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System

• Alcohol Consumption Among Alaskan Women, 1991

• Alcohol-Related Mortality in Alaska: 1992–94

• OB/GYN Survey on FAS and Alcohol

• Physical Activity Among Alaska Adolescents

• Physical Activity and Health in Alaska

• Preliminary Report of Pediatrician Survey Regarding Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Tobacco Prevention and Control

• Epidemiology Bulletins associated with Tobacco

• Tobacco Prevention and Control in Alaska: Past Progress and Challenges Ahead

• Alaska Tobacco Facts

• Tobacco Prevention and Control in Alaska: Preventing Addiction — Saving Lives

• The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease in Alaska: Mortality, Hospitalization and Risk Factors

• Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey 1999/Alaska School Health Education Profile 1998

• 1995 Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) (1997 update)

• 2003 Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)

• Tobacco in the Great Land: A Portrait of Alaska's Leading Cause of Death